1. 1. Characterization
Meaning – Characterization is the way writers develop characters in a story
Two types –
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization

2. Characterization
How does detailed characterization help make a story better?
It seems to me that detailed characterization helps to make a story better because…

3. 2. Direct Characterization
Meaning – when the writer directly tells the reader what a character is like
Example
Sherlock Holmes is clever and resourceful.
Dracula is an evil vampire.

4. 3. Indirect Characterization
Meaning – When the writer gives the reader clues about the character by describing how the character acts and thinks.
The writer allows the reader to decide how to view the character.

5. Direct vs Indirect Characterization
Why do you think it might be harder to understand indirect characterization than direct characterization?
It seems to me that it might be harder to understand indirect characterization than direct characterization because…

6. 4. Protagonist Meaning – the main character Example
Alice from Alice in Wonderland
Tarzan from Tarzan
Cinderalla from Cinderella

7. Protagonist
Who is the protagonist of your favorite book, movie, or story?
My favorite protagonist is the character ______.

8. 5. Antagonist
Meaning – the character that the protagonist struggles against
The “bad guy”
Example:
Captain Hook from Peter Pan
The Big Bad Wolf from The Three Little Pigs

9. Antagonist Who is an antagonist who you greatly dislike?
One antagonist who I greatly dislike is ______, because _________.

10. 14. Dialogue
Meaning – Conversations that characters have among each other.
Indicated by
“quotation marks” or a colon:

11. Stage Directions
Stage directions are instructions for actors, director, or crew…

12. …with regard to plot.

13. They may be placed in parenthesis after a character’s name and before the character’s speech, or they may be placed in a general description of the action.

14. So…

15. How do Dialogue and Stage direction work together?
How do they work together to help us understand who the characters are?